well Tommy as u know there are a lot of things that Taiwan should do but they don’t so like snakes we just have to sort of move through the cracks in the system…
the medical exam after one year of stay in Taiwan is not logically, they should be asking for the medical at the time of application…if i have stayed for 1 year in Taiwan and then picked up some disease in that one year then what? will they not given me citizenship? my country of origin will not take me back then what am i supposed to do?? live on a boat somewhere in the pacific??
the 1 year house arrest - i had asked them this and they said well this rule is for the overseas Chinese who have ROC passports and if they want to get an ID card they have to say for 1 year in Taiwan etc etc, I said aren’t these two different cases, I am an immigrant and just to apply for citizenship I have already had to stay 3/5/7 years in Taiwan, the overseas Chinese with ROC passports just need to stay here for 1 year to get their ID card so that is 1 year against 3/5/7 years…
the usual reply was " ohh…ummm…eee…oooo…"
basically once we get our TARC we are considered Taiwan nationals same as the overseas Chinese who have ROC passports and like them if we want the ID card and become citizens we have to stick around for another year…
frankly speaking for immigrants they should change it to some like in the US, you get an ARC or an PARC and that is equivalent to getting a green card in the US and after 5 years with min 183 days per year in Taiwan you can apply for citizenship and once the whole procedure is over you become a citizen and get your ID card…no TARC and no 1 year waiting period etc…